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-{{Short description|1996 science fiction novel by K. W. Jeter}}
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-| name              = Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night
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-| author            = [[K. W. Jeter]]
-| language          = English
-| country           = United States
-| genre             = [[Science fiction]]
-| publisher         = [[Bantam Spectra|Spectra]]
-| isbn              = 0-553-09983-3|<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
-| title_orig        =
-| translator        =
-| image             = Blade Runner 3 Replicant Night KW Jeter cover.jpeg
-| caption           = Cover of the first edition
-| cover_artist      =
-| series            = ''[[Blade Runner (franchise)|Blade Runner]]''
-| subject           =
-| release_date      = October 1, 1996
-| media_type        = Print ([[hardcover]] and [[paperback]])
-| pages             = 321
-| dewey             = 813/.54 20
-| congress          = PS3560.E85 B59 1996
-| oclc              = 34669233
-| preceded_by       = [[Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human|The Edge of Human]]
-| followed_by       = [[Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon|Eye and Talon]]
 }}
-'''''Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night''''' is a [[science fiction]] novel by American writer [[K. W. Jeter]], first published in 1996. It is a continuation of Jeter's novel ''[[Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human]]'', which was itself a sequel to both the film ''[[Blade Runner]]'' and the novel upon which the film was based, [[Philip K. Dick]]'s ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]''<ref name="theweek">{{cite web|url=https://theweek.com/articles/455776/9-beloved-movies-awful-sequels-probably-dont-know-about|title=9 beloved movies with awful sequels you probably don't know about|work=The Week|last=Meslow|first=Scott|date=9 January 2015|access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref>
-== Plot introduction ==
-Living on Mars, Deckard is acting as a consultant to a movie crew filming the story of his days as a [[blade runner]]. He finds himself drawn into a mission on behalf of the [[replicant]]s he was once assigned to kill. Meanwhile, the mystery surrounding the beginnings of the Tyrell Corporation is being exposed.
-==Characters==
-*Rick Deckard, a former [[bounty hunter]], now working as a film consultant
-*Sarah Tyrell, the niece of Eldon Tyrell; she has been living on Mars since the events of ''Blade Runner 2''
-*Anson Tyrell, Sarah's father
-*Ruth Tyrell, Sarah's mother
-*Rachael, a ten-year-old girl
-*Roy Batty, the human template for the replicant Deckard fought in the previous novel. That replicant's personality now resides inside Deckard's briefcase.
-*Sebastien, a dehydrated deity
-*Urbenton, director of the movie ''Blade Runner'' on which Rick Deckard is a consultant
-*Dave Holden, Deckard's former police partner.
-==Film adaptation==
-The plot element of a replicant giving birth served as the basis for the 2017 film ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]''.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
-== See also ==
-* ''[[Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'' – original story by Phillip K. Dick
-* ''[[Blade Runner 1: A Story of the Future]]'' – film novelization by Les Martin
-* ''[[Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human]]'' – K. W. Jeter
-* ''[[Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon]]'' – K. W. Jeter
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-{{Blade Runner}}
-{{1990s-sf-novel-stub}}
-[[Category:1996 American novels]]
-[[Category:Blade Runner (franchise) novels]]
-[[Category:1996 science fiction novels]]
-[[Category:Novels by K. W. Jeter]]
-[[Category:Novels set on Mars]]
-[[Category:Novels about androids]]
-[[Category:Novels based on films]]
-[[Category:Bantam Spectra books]]